Even with a comfortable Shop, Winter seems to curtail Woodworking Projects...
But I have not been altogether idle...
Various little "Problems" exist in any Old House, and lately I've spent some time
pecking away at the List...
Our Up-stairs, Back Bedroom had been almost completely re-modeled
before we moved in... Nice Built-in Drawers and Shelves, heavily insulated behind it...
But when they started the Closet in the Room, for some reason the Work was abandoned...

Some time was taken, finally, to move this along a little!
The major issue was the Floor...

Using a Circular Saw and one of those handy Utility Saws,
the Edge was brought into focus first...

The Gaps in the Sub-Floor were then filled...

There was Material Left-over from when I floored the Sun Room and Kitchen,
Engineered Hickory Flooring, plenty to cover this little area...

A Rod for hanging Clothes and a threshold  were added, along with some Pre-finished Wood for Baseboard...

It still needs a little mudding and sanding, and the molding around the top Bay
needs re-configuring, but it is a step in the right direction...

Shifting Gears, the Last of the Basement Work was addressed...
One Last, Old Floor Joist needed removal (It is the Last One that had Bug Damage)
I hung two Joist Hangers on either side of it, and when my Stepson Jeff stopped by
he gave me a hand installing one of the "Sister" Joists...

The middle of the Damaged Beam was propped up in place...

First one side was whittled and gnawed and scratched out...

Then the other side got taken down...

That was left that way until Jeff came by to help again, putting up the second "Sister" Joist...
Thanks Jeff!!
After the second Joist was in place, it was very easy to knock out the Prop,
and pry at either end of the Middle section and drop it down...

One of the ends was saved... Though much of the Old Beam was crumbling,
some of it was still fairly solid...

If I can figure a way to saw a bit of Lumber out of it, I'm thinking the Bugs likely made
some interesting Grain in that Wood after their 126 Years of "Work"....
I'm thinking of a Box made from it, to store all the House Papers in?

Lastly, I have Plans over Time to re-model our Downstairs Bathroom...
It is a Tiny Room, almost completely devoid of Shelves and Storage Space...
The Space over the Toilet was free, but there isn't enough room for a free-standing unit...
So instead, I opted to build some quick Corner Shelves...
Brackets were made ready first, by sawing down some construction 2-By...

When I was cleaning out the way-down, half-cellar in this Old Ramble,
an old bit of 3/4" Barnboard was found, just shy of 10' long X 11" wide!
It is almost certainly from when one of the additions to this Old House were added...
Hating to waste, and inclined to return materials back to where it comes from,
the Barnboard was cut and used  for shelves...

 
The Shelving is not yet screwed down, the tops still need to be painted,
but you can see the idea...

Anyway, the Weather is warming up here which is always a good thing...
Maybe they'll be some opportunity for Fun instead of all this lousy Home Work!!?

14 March 2026